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ITANAGAR: The Itanagar permanent bench of the Gauhati High Court has quashed both the impugned detention orders and proclamations issued by the Itanagar Capital Region district magistrate under the controversial Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (APUAPA) 2014 against Pan Arunachal Joint Steering Committee's (PAJSC) leaders Techi Puru and Tadak Nalo. Pronouncing the judgement on the writ petitions and the case filed separately by Puru and Nalo, Justice Robin Phukan and Justice Kardak Ete said in an order issued on Wednesday: "We find sufficient merit in both the petitions, and accordingly, the same stands allowed." The court pronounced that "the impugned orders dated May 10, 2023, are set aside and quashed." The court further said that in the absence of supporting materials to suggest the factum of absconding and evading arrest by the petitioners, the impugned orders, by which proclamations were issued under Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, read with Section 7 (1) (a), APUAPA, also stand set aside and quashed. Puru and Nalo had filed separate writ petitions before the HC against the state government, challenging the detention order issued in May against them under Section 3 (i) of the APUAPA and the proclamation order issued under Section 82 of the CrPC, declaring them as proclaimed offenders under Section 7 of the APUAPA.
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